1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

The 1985 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season was the 37th F.I.M. Road Racing World Championship season.

Season summary

Honda's Freddie Spencer gave a dominating performance becoming the first man to win the 250 and 500 championships in the same year. Defending champion Eddie Lawson finished in second with former 250 world champion, Christian Sarron coming in third. Australian Wayne Gardner showed promise with a fourth place finish for Honda.

With perennial champion Angel Nieto moving to the 80cc class, the 125 class was left open for his Garelli team-mate, Fausto Gresini to clinch the title, giving the Italian team its fourth consecutive championship. Swiss Stefan Dörflinger would take his fourth consecutive title in the 80cc class. Angel Nieto won his 90th and final Grand Prix victory in the 80cc round in France, at the time second only to Giacomo Agostini, but since surpassed by Valentino Rossi.^[1]

Grands Prix

Round	Date	Race	Location	80cc winner	125cc winner	250cc winner	500cc winner	Report
1	March 23	South African Grand Prix	Kyalami			Freddie Spencer	Eddie Lawson	Report
2	May 5	Spanish Grand Prix	Jarama	Jorge Martínez	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Carlos Lavado	Freddie Spencer	Report
3	May 19	German Grand Prix	Hockenheim	Stefan Dörflinger	August Auinger	Martin Wimmer	Christian Sarron	Report
4	May 26	Nations Grand Prix	Mugello	Jorge Martínez	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Freddie Spencer	Freddie Spencer	Report
5	June 2	Austrian Grand Prix	Salzburgring		Fausto Gresini	Freddie Spencer	Freddie Spencer	Report
6	June 16	Yugoslavian Grand Prix	Rijeka	Stefan Dörflinger		Freddie Spencer	Eddie Lawson	Report
7	June 29	Dutch TT	Assen	Gerd Kafka	Pier Paolo Bianchi	Freddie Spencer	Randy Mamola	Report
8	July 7	Belgian Grand Prix	Spa		Fausto Gresini	Freddie Spencer	Freddie Spencer	Report
9	July 21	French Grand Prix	Le Mans	Ángel Nieto	Ezio Gianola	Freddie Spencer	Freddie Spencer	Report
10	August 4	British Grand Prix	Silverstone		August Auinger	Anton Mang	Freddie Spencer	Report
11	August 10	Swedish Grand Prix	Anderstorp		August Auinger	Anton Mang	Freddie Spencer	Report
12	September 1	San Marino Grand Prix	Misano	Jorge Martínez	Fausto Gresini	Carlos Lavado	Eddie Lawson	Report

Final standings

500cc standings^[2]

Place	Rider	Number	Team	Machine	RSA	ESP	GER	NAT	AUT	YUG	NED	BEL	FRA	GBR	SWE	RSM	Points	Wins	P.Pos.	F.Laps
1	Freddie Spencer	4	Rothmans-Honda	NSR500	2	1	2	1	1	2	DNF	1	1	1	1		141	7	10	6
2	Eddie Lawson	1	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	1	2	4	2	2	1	DNF	2	4	2	2	1	133	3	2	3
3	Christian Sarron	6	Gauloises-Yamaha	YZR500	6	3	1	5	3	5	DNF	3	DNF	3	4	DNF	80	1		2
4	Wayne Gardner	7	Rothmans-Honda	NSR500	3	4	6	3	15	3	3	4	DNF	DNF	DNF	2	73			1
5	Ron Haslam	5	Rothmans-Honda	NS500	4	8	3	6	16	4	2	6	5	14	3	5	73
6	Randy Mamola	2	Rothmans-Honda	NSR500	5	DNF	8	4	4	DNF	1	DNF	3	5	5	3	72	1
7	Raymond Roche	3	Marlboro-Yamaha	YZR500	DNF	5	13	7	10	6	DNF	5	2	6	8	4	50
8	Didier de Radiguès	9	Elf-Honda	NS500	7	6	5	10	6	7	6	7	DNF	4	6	DNF	47
9	Rob McElnea	19	Skoal Bandit-Suzuki	RG500	DNF	DNF	7	9	5	8	7	DNF	DNF	DNF	DNF	10	20
10	Boet van Dulmen	8	Toshiba-Honda	RS500	18	DNF	10	13	8	14	4	9	DNF	7	14	17	18
11	Mike Baldwin	33	Mike Baldwin Racing Honda	RS/NS500	9	7	DNF	11	7		DNF	11	10		7	8	18
12	Pierre-Etienne Samin	57	Team Honda Benelux-Elf Honda	RS500							5		6				11
13	Sito Pons	30	HB Suzuki GP Team	RG500	8	9	9	DNF	DNF	11	DNF	15	7	DNF	DNF	11	11
14	Gustav Reiner	28	Zwafink + Wilbers Racing	Bakker Honda	14				12	9	DNF	10	8	DNF	DNF	7	10
15	Franco Uncini	13	HB Suzuki GP Team	RG500	11		DNF	8	13	DNF	13	13	12	18	DNF	6	8
16	Fabio Biliotti	32	Team Italia Honda	RS500	16	10	25	12	DNF	12	12	DNF	9	19	22	9	5
17	Mile Pajic	54	Stichting Nederlands Racing Team Honda	RS500		DNF					8	21					3
18	Takazumi Katayama	14	Racing Team Katayama	Bakker Honda		DNF	11		14	DNF	DNF	8					3
19	Roger Burnett	22	Rothmans Honda Britain	RS500										8			3
20	Thierry Espié	12	Chevallier	Chevallier Honda	10					DNF	DNF	12		DNF	9	DNF	3
21	Tadahiko Taira	26	Marlboro Team Agostini Yamaha	YZR500				15	9								2
22	Henk van der Mark	53	Stichting Nederlands Racing Team Honda	RS500		11		18	DNF		9	18					2
23	Neil Robinson	60	Jim Finlay Racing Suzuki			DNF	12	DNF				24	DNF	9			2
24	Dave Petersen	42	Kreepy Krauly Racing Team Honda	RS500	12	DNF	DNF	14	20	10	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	12	14	1
25	Rob Punt	52	Nimag/Oud Bier Suzuki						24		10	20	14	13	15	DNF	1
26	Paul Lewis	55	Skoal Bandit Heron Suzuki											10		15	1
27	Massimo Messere	57	Team Italia Honda		13					22	11	16	DNF	24	10	12	1
28	Eero Hyvarinen	20		RS500		15	16	DNF	11	13	DNF	19	DNF	DNF	11	18	0
29	Armando Ericco	42	Team Italia Honda	RS500		DNF	28			18	15	17	11	DNF	DNF	DNF	0
30	Wolfgang von Muralt	47	Franconia Suzuki	RGB500	15	13	DNF	17	17	16	DNF	DNF	13	15	DNF	13	0
31	Peter Linden					DNF	27								13		0
32	Christian Le Liard	34	Team Elf/ROC Honda	NS500/ELF 2	DNF	DNF	DNF	16	19	17	DNF	14	DNF	16	23	DNF	0
33	Marco Gentile						14		25				DNF				0
34	Manfred Fischer						17		21		14	22					0
35	Marco Lucchinelli	58		Cagiva						15	DNF	DNF					0
36	Antonio Perez					16										21	0
37	Leandro Becheroni							19		27						16	0
38	Maurice Coq												16				0
39	Esko Kuparinen														16		0
40	Simon Buckmaster	33	Sid Griffiths Racing/Duckhams Suzuki			17	DNF		27				17	26	17		0
41	Alessandro Valesi				17	DNF											0
42	Steve Parrish										DNF			17			0
43	Marco Papa	41	Team Arnetoli	Suzuki/Paton				20		19	18	25				19	0
44	Maarten Duyzers						23				19	27		23	18		0
45	Andy Leuthe			Suzuki				23		24			18		21	20	0
46	Karl Truchsess		DAF Trucks Honda				DNF	21	18		DNF			27		DNF	0
47	Keith Huewen	29	SDC Builders Honda		19		30	DNF	23					DNF			0
48	Paolo Ferretti				20		DNF	DNF									0
49	Massimo Broccoli	27		Suzuki/Paton	DNF	DNF		DNF	DNF	21							0
50	Gary Lingham	21	Myers Motorcycles Suzuki				DNF	22	28					DNF			0
51	Josef Doppler								26	26							0
52	Bohumil Stasa						29			Ret							0
53	Mark Salle							DNF			DNF			DNF			0
54	Gerold Fisher						DNF										0
55	Romolo Balbi							DNF									0
56	Roger Marshall													DNF			0
57	Virginio Ferrari			Cagiva												DNF	0

250cc standings^[3][4]

Place	Rider	Number	Team	Machine	RSA	Points	Wins	P.Pos.	F.Laps
1	Freddie Spencer	19	Rothmans-Honda	NSR250	1	127	7	6	6
2	Anton Mang	5	Marlboro-Honda	RS250	2	124	2		1
3	Carlos Lavado	3	Venemotos-Yamaha	TZ250	4	94	2	5	1
4	Martin Wimmer	7	Lui-Yamaha	TZ250	5	69	1	1	2
5	Fausto Ricci	16	Rothmans-Honda Italy	RS250	9	50
6	Loris Reggiani	9	Aprilia	Aprilia-Rotax	12	44
7	Alan Carter	9	Donington Park-Honda	RS250	16	32
8	Manfred Herweh	2	Massa-Real	Real-Rotax		31			1
9	Reinhold Roth	13	Römer-Yamaha	TZ250	22	29
10	Jacques Cornu	6	Parisienne Elf-Honda	RS250	10	25
11	Pierre Bolle	41	Parisienne Elf - Honda	RS250		22
12	Carlos Cardus	35	J.J. Cobas	Cobas-Rotax	6	21
13	Jean Michel Mattioli	14	E.S.T - Yamaha	TZ250	11	19
14	Donnie McLeod	39	Silverstone - Armstrong	Armstrong Rotax	19	14
15	Mario Rademeyer	27	Heukerott - Yamaha	TZ250	3	10
16	Siegried Minich	47	RS Rallye Sport - Yamaha	TZ250	Ret	9
17	Luis Miguel Reyes	39		Cobas	20	9
18	Juan Garriga	40	J.J. Cobas	Cobas	Ret	8
19	Jean-François Baldé	10	Pernod - Yamaha	TZ250	7	8
20	Stephane Mertens	36	Total - Yamaha	TZ250	8	8
21	Dominique Sarron	67	Rothmans France - Honda	RS250		7
22	Maurizio Vitali	32	Agrati - Garelli	Garelli	13	5
23	Harald Eckl	38	Romer - Yamaha	TZ250	17	5
24	Hans Lindner	43		Rotax		5
25	Roland Freymond	42	Hostetettler - Yamaha	TZ250		5
26	Jean Foray	40		Chevallier - Yamaha		4
27	August Auinger	17	Monnet - EBB	EBB		3
28	Patrick Igoa	70	Rothmans France - Honda	RS250		1
29	Joey Dunlop	39	Ernie Coates Racing - Honda	RS250		1
30	Jean-Louis Guignabodet	49	M.I.G	MIG Rotax		1
31	Thierry Rapicault	55	Segura - Yamaha	TZ250		1
32	Niall Mackenzie	62	Silverstone - Armstrong	Armstrong Rotax	24	1

125cc final standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	Points	Wins
1	Fausto Gresini	3	Italy	Garelli	109	3
2	Pier Paolo Bianchi	18	Italy	MBA	99	3
3	August Auinger	5	Austria	Monnet	78	3
4	Ezio Gianola	15	Italy	Garelli	77	1
5	Bruno Kneubühler	10	Switzerland	LCR	58	0
6	Domenico Brigaglia		Italy	MBA	45	0
7	Jean-Claude Selini	6	France	MBA	36	0
8	Jussi Hautaniemi	21	Finland	MBA	26	0
9	Lucio Pietroniro		Belgium	MBA	25	0
10	Olivier Liegeois		Belgium	KLS	23	0
11	Johnny Wickstroem				17
12	Maurizio Vitali				10
13	Alfred Waibel				10
14	Willy Perez				9
15	Giuseppe Ascareggi				6
16	Hakan Olsson				5
17	Luca Cadalora				4
18	Andres Sanchez				4
19	Willi Hupperich				4
20	Mike Leitner				3
21	Esa Kytölä				3
22	Thierry Feuz				3
23	Gastone Grassetti				2
24	Jacques Hutteau				2
25	Michel Escudier				1
26	Michel McGarrity				1

80cc standings

Place	Rider	Number	Country	Machine	ESP	GER	NAT	JUG	NED	FRA	RSM	Points	Wins
1	Stefan Dörflinger	1	Switzerland	Krauser	2	1	3	1	2	2	3	86	2
2	Jorge Martínez	4	Spain	Derbi	1	Ret	1	2	3	Ret	1	67	3
3	Gerd Kafka		Austria	Casal	4	3	Ret	5	1	8	5	48	1
4	Manuel Herreros	55	Spain	Derbi	3		2	3	4	Ret	6	45	0
5	Gerhard Waibel	5	West Germany	Seel	6	2	Ret	4	10	5	8	35	0
6	Ian McConnachie		United Kingdom	Krauser		4	4	8	Ret	9	2	33	0
7	Theo Timmer	10	Netherlands	Huvo	5	8		7	6	10	9	21	0
8	Henk van Kessel		Netherlands	Huvo				9	5	3		18	0
9	Angel Nieto		Spain	Derbi					Ret	1		15	1
10	Paul Rimmelzwaan		Netherlands	Casal	7		5	10		7		15	0
11	Jean-Marc Velay		France	Rieju	9		7			4		14
12	Hans Spaan		Netherlands	Rieju		6					4	13
13	Joan Bolart		Spain	Autisa		Ret	6	Ret	8	Ret	10	9
14	Stefan Prein		Germany	Rieju		5						6
15	Serge Julin		Belgium	Rieju		9			7			6
16	Domingo Gil		Spain	Autisa						6		5
17	Rudolf Kunz		Germany	Rieju				6				4
18	Vincenzo Sblendorio		Italy	Rieju							7	4
19	Richard Bay		France	Rieju	8	10						4
20	Reinhard Koberstein		Germany	Rieju		7						4
21	Giuliano Tabanelli		Italy	Rieju			8					3
22	Cees Besseling		Netherlands	Rieju					9			2
23	Jamie Lodge		Great Britain	Krauser			9					2
24	Günter Schirnhofer		Germany	Zundapp	Ret	16	10	12	13	13		1
25	Bernd Rossbach		Germany	Rieju	10							1
26	Reiner Koster		Switzerland	LCR	15	21						0
27	Ricardo Blanco		Argentina	Minarelli	18							0
28	Herri Torrontegui		Spain	JJ Cobas			22	23	20	19	11	0
29	Joaquim Gali		Spain	Derbi				11				0
30	Otto Machinek		Austria	Hummel		Ret		20			19	0
31	Rene Dunki		Switzerland	Krauser	Ret	Ret		27	Ret	14	Ret	0
32	Jose Saez		Spain	Derbi						24		0

References

• Büla, Maurice & Schertenleib, Jean-Claude (2001). Continental Circus 1949-2000. Chronosports S.A. ISBN 2-940125-32-5
• "The Official MotoGP website". Retrieved 2010-07-06. 

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